Washbasin



Nov. 17, 1936. H. N. DAvocK WASHBAS IN Filed April 2, .1935 2Sheets-Sheet 2 ,1f/mow M 0,4 voc/f Patented Nov. 17, 1936 UNTED STATESattesti PATENT OFFICE 10 Claims.

This invention relates to wash basins for lavatory, kitchen and otheruse.

Briefly, the basin herein disclosed will be found to be pressed frommetal and to embody a plurality of spaced compartment forming sectionswhich not only provide for the convenient storage of toilet and otherarticles, but which at the same time, look to a measurable manufacturingadvantage in that the openings necessary for access to the compartmentsassist in avoiding wrinkles in the metal as. an incident to the one ormore pressing operations by which the basin is shaped.

The provision of a wash basin with article receiving compartmentsconveniently located therein and accessible, of course, from the frontof the basin, overcomes the need of a separate wall cabinet with itsswinging mirrored door which leads to the statement that a separatemirror may be fixed to the wall immediately above the basin with nonecessity of disturbing the mirror when it is desired to gain access tothose toilet or other smallv articles, ordinarily found in a bathroom orlavatory, this being in contrast to the use of the conventional lavatorycabinet in which access may be gained to the enclosed articles only byopening the mirrored door of the cabinet to be followed by the closingof such door, simple steps in themselves but at times rather annoying,as for example, when one is shaving.

Also, the fixed mounting of a mirror, as distinguished from the hingedmounting of vthis part, immediately above the basin allows of theadvantageous use of the top of the compartment forming sections as shelfspace for the handy placing of toilet and other articles.

Further, the dimensions and location of the compartment forming sectionsof the sheet metal basin will be found to strengthen and brace the basinand more particularly to assist in supporting the horizontal or bowlsection of the basin.

Another attribute of the invention resides in the provision of a pressedmetal wash basin having a slot punched therein as an incident to theshaping process and defining a rack for the convenient mounting of oneor more towels.

The invention also contemplates a pressed metal wash basin which isappealing to the eye, durable and relatively cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part Of this application and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure 1 is a perspective of the improved wash basin in association witha mirror,

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View through 5 the basin, the Viewbeing taken through the compartment portion of the basin,

Figure 3 is a perspective disclosing a slightly modified form ofinvention,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective, disclos- 10 i ing a mounting forthe lavatory,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3.

In the drawings, the numeral III generally designates a body initiallyin the form of a flat sheet l5 of steel or other metal pressed to definean upright back and a horizontal bowl portion with compartment formingsections I4 at the juncture of these parts.

More particularly, the horizontal bowl portion has the central portionthereof drawn to form a centrally located well I6 and a surroundingledge or slab I8, the marginal portion of the metal being directeddownward to form a skirt or apron 2G of generous depth and extendingabout the front and sides of the bowl portion. The connection betweenthe ledge I8 and the depending skirt 20 may be marked by a raised ribfor retaining water and for ornamental purposes.

As brought out in the opening paragraphs of this specification, thecompartment forming sections I4 not only provide for the convenientreception of toilet and other small articles ordinarily employed in alavatory, but at the same time look to the elimination in the finishedproduct of wrinkles due to the pressing operations by which the lavatoryis drawn to shape. In explaining this, it is pointed out that the frontsides of the sections I4 are formed with rectan- 0 gular openings 26providing convenient access to the contents of the several compartments,and at the same time avoiding the wrinkles which would be fatal to theappearance of the finished product.

In carrying out the invention, one of the compartment forming sectionsmay be formed with shelves I5 appropriately spaced, of course, for

the accommodation of toilet articles, bottles of 50,

medicine, lotions and those small things for which there is need in thelavatory. A door I1 may be hinged as indicated at I9 to the marginalflanges constituting the front wall of the associated compartmentforming section and ob- 55 viously provides a means for closing theadjacent compartment.

As shown in Figures l and 2, the shelves I5 may be attached directly tothe side walls of the compartment forming section, while in Figure 3 theshelves i5@ are shown to be mounted within a container that is setwithin the compartment forming section, these things being matters ofchoice.

The other Compartment forming section may, if desired, be fitted withsliding drawers 21 having suitable pull handles by which the drawers areopened and closed.

In Figure 3, the door |70 is shown to be provided with appropriatelyspaced shelves li) and such shelves are, of course, swung into theassociated compartment forming section. From this and the showingr inFigure 1, it is believed to be clear that a variety of articlesupporting and storage means may be mounted within the severalcompartment forming sections without changing the outline of thelavatory and without sacrificing the man',ufacturing1y and otheradvantages resulting from the presence of the openings in thecompartment forming sections.

The need for the accommodation of a reasonable number of articles withinthe several compartments, justifies the making of the compartmentforming sections of substantial depth, possibly about one-third thetotal depth of the basin. This leads to the statement that the sidewalls of the compartment forming sections strengthen and reinforce theconnection between the upright and horizontal portions of the basin andmore particularly assist in supporting the bowl portion of the basintruly at right angles to the back of the basin.

The outer side walls of the compartment forming sections are sho-wn tobe in the nature of upwardly directed continuations of the terminalportions of the apron 2i). The right angle joints thus formed aidmaterially in strengthening the connection between the upright andhorizontal portions of the basin.

It is shown in Figure I that the inner side walls ofi the compartmentforming sections are in spaced relation, of course, and constituteangular continuations of the metal defining the back I and the ledge I8,the angles thus formed constituting braces located inward of the sidesof the basin to assist in imparting t-o the basin a rigidity by which itis enabled to maintain its intended form, without the use of excessivelyheavy metal.

In addition, the front walls of the compartment forming sections areshown to extend upward from the ledge I8 and form continuations ofthemetal constituting such ledge so that the basin is further braced withinitself.

Thus, it will be seen that a pressed metal basin as disclosed herein iseffectively braced within itself so that the basin will be found to havegreat rigidity.

During manufacture, the front walls of the compartment forming sectionsmay be stamped with. possibly round openings to allow for distortion ofthe metal around such openings. Then after the pressing operations arefinished, an additional operation is performed, stamping the openings tothe exact size and folding back the edge of the marginal metal. Thus, Iam enabled to avail myself of the manufacturing advantage due to thepresence ofthe openings in the compaitment forming sections and thenmaking definite use of these openings to aord access to articlereceiving compartments.

The provision of a wash basin with article receiving compartmentsincorporated therein and accessible from the front side of the basinovercomes the need of a separate wall cabinet with its conventionalmirrored door.

Thus, a mirror 5G may be xed to the wall mmediately above the cabinetand allowed to remain undisturbed in place, as distinguished from thoselavatory or bathroom mirrors located in the swinging doors of a cabinet4and which must be changed in position when it is desired to gain accessto articles within the cabinet and which should be returned to closedposition for the best use of the mirror. To be sure, the mere openingand closing of the mirrored door is a simple thing. However, it has beenfound to be quite annoying when shaving, for example, and 'the provisionof the compartment in the sheet metal basin looks to the permanent andartistic mounting of a mirror immediately above the basin and in harmonywith the basin.

Since the mirror may be allowed to remain undisturbed in place and neednot be shifted to l gain access to toilet and other small articlesordinarily contained within bathroom cabinets the tops of the severalcompartment forming sections I4 may be utilized as shelf space for thehandy placing of various small articles, manicure sets, perfume bottles,shaving sets, and such things, giving the effect of a dressing table.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the presence of the compartmentforming sections, with the openings therein, looks rst, to ample articlestorage space built into the lavatory, second, to definitely increasingthe depth of the back to provide spaced intermediate and outer bracketsstructurally bracing members, especially valuable in a pressed metallavatory, third, the elimination of the possibility of wrinkles in thesteel as an incident to the pressing operation, and fourth, convenientshelf space for the handy placing of loose toilet and other articles.

It is believed that I am the first to provide a pressed metal lavatoryin which the hollow projections of the back serve the four aboveenumerated functions, all while maintainng the beauty and grace of linethat is so necessary to the marketability of an article of this kind.

By reference to Figures 4 and 5 it will be seen that the top of thelavatory may be directed downward to form an attaching flange |96. Thisange may be engaged with the offset portion of an attaching strip |91.length approximating the width of the lavatory and is formed with agenerous number of spaced openings for the selective reception of screwsor other fastening devices by which the lavatory is anchored to thewall.

If desired, chromium plated or other legs 200 may be attached to theapron or to any other convenient part of the basin. It is preferred thatthe connection of the legs Z be detachable so as to permit the legs tobe employed only if desired or required.

As illustrated in Figure 1, the lower edge portion of the apron 2D maybe provided as an incident to the pressing operation, with a slot orelongated opening 68, defining a rack for one or more towels 64. It isbelieved that I am the first in this art to provide a wash basin havinga slot in the apron or other portion thereof to dene a towel rack.Suitable means such as a rubber strip may be attached to the bottom wallof the The strip |91 has a t.

slot 62], to hold' the towel conveniently in place and at the same timeallow of its ready removal.

What is claimed is:

1. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to denne meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming sectionsat the juncture of thel horizontal and upright portions, thecomp-artment forming sections having front sides formed with openingsaffording accessto the compartments and assisting in avoiding Wrinklesin the metal of the basin due to pressing the basin into shape, andseparate c10- lsures for said openings.

2. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to define meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming sectionsat the juncture of the horizontal and upright portions, the compartmentforming sections having front sides formed with openings affordingaccess to the compartments and assisting in avoiding wrinkles in themetal of the basin due to pressing the basin into shape, and separateclosures for said openings, said spaced compartment forming sectionshaving opposed inner side walls extending angularly and forwardly fromthe said upright portion and upwardly from the horizontal portion andforming continuations of the metal constituting said upright andhorizontal portions to strengthen the connection between the upright andhorizontal portions.

3. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to define meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming sectionsat the juncture of the horizontal and upright portions, the compartmentforming sections having front sides formed with openings affordingaccess to the compartments and assisting in avoiding wrinkles in themetal of the basin due to pressing the basin into shape, and separateclosures for said openings, said spaced compartment forming sectionshaving opposed inner side walls extending angularly and forwardly fromthe said upright portion and upwardly from the horizontal portion andforming continuations of the metal constituting said upright andhorizontal portions to strengthen the connection between the upright andhorizontal portions, said horizontal portion being formed with adepending skirt joined with the outer walls of said compartment formingsections and being at substantially right angles thereto to cooperatetherewith in strengthening theconneciton between the meeting upright andhorizontal portions of the basin.

4. In a pressed steel wash basin, a body pressed from a single blank ofsteel having an upright back portion and a horizontal bowl portion, saidhorizontal bowl portion being formed with a central well and a borderingledge and also with a depending skirt, said back portion being providedat opposite sides thereof with forwardly directed hollow projectionsdefining spaced inner walls extended upwardly from said ledgesubstantially at right angles thereto and extending forwardly from theback at substantially right angles thereto to form spaced inner bracketmembers bracing the horizontal bowl portion with respect to the back,said forwardly directed projections having outer side wallsapproximately at right angles to said skirt and formed from the samemetal as the skirt to form outer braces cooperating with said innerbracket members in reinforcing the connection between the horizontalbowl portion and the upright back, said hollow projections also beingprovided with fronts having openings affording access to the interiorsof the projections and assisting in avoiding wrinkles in the metal as anincident to the pressing operation by which the basin is shaped.

5. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to define meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming sectionsat the juncture oi' the horizontal and upright portions, the compartmentforming sections having front sides formed with openings affordingaccess to the compartments and assistingin avoiding wrinkles in themetal of the basin due to pressing the basin into shape, and separateclosures for said openings, said spaced compartment forming sectionshaving opposed inner side walls extending angularly and forwardly fromthe upright portion and upwardly from the horizontal portion and formingcontinuations of the metal constituting said upright and horizontalportions to strengthen the connection between the upright and horizontalportions, there being a skirt depending from said ledge and being formedfrom the same metal as that constituting the outer side walls of saidcompartment forming sections and forming right angles with said outerside walls to cooperate therewith in strengthening the connectionbetween the said upright and horizontal portions of the basin at pointsoutwardly of the inner side walls of the compartment forming sections.

6. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to define meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming seotionsat the juncture of the horizontal and upright portions, the compartmentforming sections having front sides formed with openings affordingaccess to the compartments and assisting in avoiding wrinkles in themetal of the basin due to pressing the basin into shape, and separateclosures for said openings, said spaced compartment forming sectionshaving opposed inner side walls extending angularly and forwardly fromthe upright portion and upwardly from the horizontal portion and formingcontinuations of the metal constituting said upright and horizontalportions to strengthen the connection between the upright and horizontalportions, said compartment forming section having depths greater thanone-fourth the total depth of the basin.

7. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to define meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming sectionsat the juncture of the horizontal and upright portions, the compartmentforming sections having front sides formed with openings aording accessto the compartments and assisting in avoiding wrinkles in the metal ofthe basin due to pressing the basin into shape, and closures for saidopenings, said spaced compartment forming sections having opposed innerside walls extending angularly and forwardly from the upright portionand upwardly from the horizontal portion and forming continuations f themetal constituting said upright and horizontal portions to strengthenthe connection between the upright and horizontal portions, saidhorizontal portion being formed with a depending skirt joined with theouter wall of said compartment forming sections and being atsubstantially right angles thereto to cooperate therewith instrengthening the connection between the meeting upright and horizontalportions of the basin, said compartment forming sections having depthsapproaching onethird the total depth of the wash basin.

8. In a wash basin, a pressed metal body having an upright back and ahorizontal bowl forming portion, the bowl forming portions beingprovided with a depending skirt having a slot dening a towel rack.

9. In a wash basin, a pressed metal body having an upright back and ahorizontal bowl forming portion, the bowl forming portion being providedwith a depending skirt having a slot dening a. towel rack, said towelrack being at one end of the basin.

10. In a wash basin, a body formed from metal pressed to denne meetinghorizontal and upright portions and spaced compartment forming sectionsat the juncture of the horizontal and upright portions, the compartmentforming sections having front sides formed with openings affordingaccess to the compartments and assisting in avoiding wrinkles in themetal of the basin due to pressing the basin into shape, and separateclosures for said openings, the top of said back being formed with adown-turned ange constituting an attaching means.

HARLOW N. DAVOCK.

